DIY Techno-hacksOld hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.
Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?
Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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one for the darwin awards, perhapsworking in construction, and specifically in internal refurbishment programs for various local authorities, we come across our fair share of complete and utter fucking idiots who occupy the properties we work in from time to time.
my boss tells me of a time when he visited a run-down council house to carry out a pre-works survey on. upon entering the house he was amazed to see no less than 8 or 9 different appliances all connected in to one plug socket via a complex system of double adapters, triple adapters and extension leads. the TV, video player, radio, electric heater.. everything, all going in to one plug socket.
"how the hell does the fuse not blow on all that then?" he enquired.
"ahhhhhh" said the scummy tenant, looking quite pleased with himself. he was obviously glad that my boss had asked.
he then proceeded to show my boss how he'd replaced the fuse of the extension cable which connected the whole lot into the wall... with a screw.
(, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 16:26, 1 reply)
that's....probably not the wisest move.
I'd have used a nail.
(, Sun 23 Aug 2009, 19:29, closed)
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